Patents by Inventor Joseph Allan Pepin

Joseph Allan Pepin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120245527
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel valve for an introducer and a method for using the introducer valve to facilitate the insertion of one or more medical devices into a patient's body. The introducer valve of the present invention includes two or more valves seals adapted to form a seal around medical devices having a wide range of sizes. In one embodiment, the valve includes a longitudinal passageway for receiving a medical device, a first seal forming a seal across longitudinal passageway, and an annular second seal, wherein an aperture of the second seal is defined by a semi-toroidal portion that forms a curved inner surface that forms a seal with the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: GALT MEDICAL
    Inventors: David Wesley Stephens, Joseph Allan Pepin